Finished J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy a few days ago.
I guess you could call it a "small town story," the kind where everyone knows everyone else, gossip is mean, everyone is critical and no one is perfect.
Having read this, I'm not in a hurry to find similar works by other authors, but if JK did a sequel, I'd look forward to reading it. I did enjoy it.
Just before this, I read The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, and now I am ready to read something that...
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